Test 1 Flashcards
Days of Creation
- God creates light and separates it from darkness.
- God separates the water above (sky) from the water below (sea).
- God separates the water below (sea) from the **dry land. **
- God populates the sky with sun, moon and stars.
- God populates the air with birds, and the sea with fish.
- God populates the **land with animals and with people. **
- God celebrates. He blesses the day and rests.
Identify 3 part pattern
Divine command: God speaks to initiate the act of creation. (“And God said…”)
Fulfillment of the command: What God commands comes into being. *(“And it was so.”) *
Divine approval: God evaluates His creation as good. (“And God saw that it was good.”)
Identify 5 part pattern
- Introducing the day
- Expressing a command
- Obeying a command
- Rejoicing at the result
- Identifying the day
Why the need for use of patterns
In Genesis 1, patterns are used to show important religious ideas about how and why the world was created. This helps us understand the message better and see how powerful God is and how carefully He planned everything in the world.
Religious Truths Gen 1
- There is only one God - Only God is responsible for creation.
- God planned creation - Everything God did was deliberately done.
- God created everything good- All of creation has goodness because it is made by God’s design.
- God made the Sabbath day holy - God establishes the Holiness of Creation in the day of rest – Sunday.
- Humanity is made in the image of God; posses human dignity - God’s goodness is in all of creation. The beauty of creation reflects the beauty of the Creator.
Religious Truths Gen 2
- God cares for humanity and seeks intimacy/relationship with us. - God gives us free will to choose relationship with God.
- God cares for creation and shares power and responsibility with us. - With the God given free will, we have a responsibility as part of ongoing creations. We are beloved children of God who are chosen by God to reveal God to the world. Choosing this responsibility helps us to truly be free.
- God values the equality of humans and our relationships with one another – male and female, nations to nations, etc. - God affirms and blesses humanity and all of creation. God wants to recognize the dignity of humanity. God calls us to use our free will to realize this dignity and be stewards of the earth and to care for each other.
Similarities Gen 1 n 2
God created human beings.
God creates plants and fruit.
God makes humans the dominant species.
God makes birds and animals.
The universe was desolatein the beginning.
God is the creator in both myths.
Differences Gen 1 n 2
Genesis 1
- it states that animals, and humans, were created on day six.
- God created everything good
- God made the Sabbath day holy
- Humanity is made in the image of God.
Genesis 2
- God creating humans before He created any other beings.
- God sharing a part of himself (“life giving breath” with the first human.
- God creating the animals and bringing them to man so “he would name them.” This shows God sharing his power with human beings by giving them responsibility to care for his creations.
Sin: Definition
Sin is name we give to the actions that harm our relationships.
Types of sin:
Commission - doing something we aren’t supposed to do
Omission - not doing what we are Supposed to do
Personal - a wrongful act done by one person
Social - a wrongful act done by a group of people
Covenant: Definition
- A sacred agreement.
- The strongest possible pledge between two parties.
- A special, loving relationship in which God blesses the people and the people live as God wants us to; Re-creates the relationship between God and God’s people.
Re-Creation: Definition
Re-connection with God, self, others, nature
Covenant: Importance
Making and keeping covenants qualifies us to receive the blessings God has promised.
Noah’s Covenant
He will never flood the entire earth again.
The Condition/Curse - Do not drink the blood of animals or shed human blood
The Sign - A Rainbow
The Family Form- Traditional Family
Abraham’s Covenant
Land and many blessed descendants
Condition/Curse- Circumcision
Sign- the circumcision of all male descendants
Family Form - Tribe
The Story of Abraham teaches
- We are called to be in a** special relationship with God.**
- We are called to have faith in God.
- We are marked as special by God.
- We are called to loving trust.
- We are* asked to be in a* constant struggle for good.
- We are asked to have faith in times of darkness.
All 3 stages of effects of sin
- Sin alienates or divides people from themselves.
- Sin alienates people from God.
- Sin alienates people from nature.
MORTAL SIN
- any type of sin that destroys our relationship with God.
1. The sin is a grave one [against God’s commandments]
2. We know that the act is very wrong.
3. We still choose to commit it.
ex) murder
VENIAL SIN:
- any type of sin that harms our relationship with God and others.
ex) swearing, name calling, not helping someone
Four Characteristics of a Covenant
- A covenant is like a treaty or alliance.
Israelites used a political and cultural model between the Lord and the people. - A covenant has conditions.
The code is called the Torah or the Law. - A covenant is sealed with a ceremony.
The code is read and agreed upon. - A covenant is celebrated with both parties present.
Covenant celebration
Alienation in Genesis (What are the Effects of Sin?)
Genesis 3: 1-7
Adam and Eve’s disobedience brings shame and fear from God and each other.
Genesis 3: 17-19
Adam’s sin curses the ground, creating toil, suffering, and separation from nature and life itself.
Genesis 4: 1-12
The Tower of Babel results in the confusion of languages, causing social division and alienation from God’s plan.
Genesis 6: 1-8
Humanity’s wickedness leads to God’s judgment, dividing them from both creation and God’s favor.
Genesis 11: 1-9
Cain’s murder of Abel introduces familial alienation, leading to Cain’s isolation from his family, community, and God.
The Ecological Crisis and Our Relationship with God
2 reasons
- The destruction of the environment has caused an ecological crisis that negatively impacts all of God’s creation.
- Not only is* the ecological crisis harming us physically*, it is harming our relationship with God:
